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Germany’s Policies Become an Economic Anchor
The Germans are outraged, outraged at the United States Treasury Department, whose “Semiannual Report On International Economic and Exchange Rate Policies” says some negative things about how German macroeconomic …
McDonald’s, Hollande and Future Government
With the undermining of the traditional trust-based brand, economic theory predicted two things would happen.
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Thanksgiving Anxieties, Political and Personal
u201cI donu2019t hate Thanksgivingu2014I just think itu2019s appropriate to critique a celebration that obscures the reality of the European conquest of the Americas.u201d
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Too Many Workers Are Being Forced to Choose Between Holidays and Holiday Pay
While Thanksgiving is supposed to be a holiday to be with family, many who work in retail must chose between their jobs and providing food for their families.
Understanding Warsaw: Capitalism, Climate Change and Neocolonialism
The very structure of capitalism assures the absence of substantive results from the Warsaw - or any other - climate change conference.
How Can Fed Policy Help Main Street?
Bob Pollin: Expected new Fed chair Janet Yellen will continue Bernanke's policies of shoring up Wall Street banks with trillions, but the Fed could help Main Street with different …
Bill Moyers | Henry Giroux: Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism
This week on Moyers & Company, author and scholar Henry Giroux explains how our political system has turned people into zombies.
On the News With Thom Hartmann: JPMorgan Has Agreed to a $13 Billion Settlement With the Justice Department, and More
JPMorgan has agreed to a $13 billion dollar settlement over the fraudulent sale of mortgage backed securities, and more.
“Mayor 1%” Rahm Emanuel vs. The 99%
TRNN interviews “Mayor 1%” author Kari Lydersen about Rahm Emanuel's battles with Chicago's 99%.
Economic Stagnation Haunts US
Recognition of capitalist stagnation may have u201cmoved into the mainstreamu201d in the U.S., but Washington certainly does not seem to have a solution other than soldiering on as long …